Engineer: Sand dunes would create massive, dangerous pond

CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — A civil engineer has testified in federal court that beachgoers at a New Jersey shore town would have to cross a massive pond of murky water if protective sand dunes are built.

Six Margate homeowners are suing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the state Department of Environmental Protection to block the project ordered by Republican Gov. Chris Christie.

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports (http://bit.ly/2hrBNAG ) engineer Chuck Dutill says the project would create a dangerous pond between the dunes and the bulkhead roughly 100 feet wide and stretching the length of the town.